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longitudinaliter striata, ad carinam transverse sulcata, spira 
sublanceolata; anfr. 7 — 8, ultimus 2 / 3 longitudinis aequans, 
superne acutus, liratus, apice elevato; sutura depressa, lace- 
rata; apertura angusta, superne angulata, basi ovato-expansa, 
patula, intus nitido-brunnescens, plicis 6, 5 parietalibus, supera 
et media horizontalibus, inferiore descendente, 1 columellari 
ascendente, patula, crassa; peristoma subpatulum, subflexuosum, 
brunnescens, denticulis 8 — 9 irregularibus munitum, album, 
incrassatum. — Diam. 5, altit. 10 mill.; apert. 6 longa, 2 ad 
basin lata.“ (G.) 
Melampus cinereus Gass, in Journ. Conch. XV. 1867. p. 62. 
Habitat in insula Art Novae Caledonia e (Montrouzier). 
66. M. Brotianus Pfr. 
T. imperforata, fusiformis, solida, sublaevigata, nitidula, 
pallide lutescens; spira convexo-conica, coerulescens, apice 
nigricans; sutura plana, subregularis; anfr. fere 10 planiusculi, 
ultimus 2 / 3 longitudinis formans, superne levissime subangu- 
latus, basi attenuatus, spiraliter sulcatus; apertura subverti- 
calis, angusta; paries aperturalis tuberculo angulato, subver- 
ticali, denticulato et plica unica subtransversa infera munitus; 
plica columellaris compressa , arcuatim abiens in peristoma 
rectum, acutum, intus callosum et plicis nonnullis majoribus 
et denticulis armatum. — Long. 12^4? diam. 7 mill. Ap. 9 mill, 
longa. (Coll. Nr. 27.) 
Melampus Brotianus Pfr. in Malak. Bl. VI. 1859. p. 202. 
— — Patel Catal. p. 114. 
Habitat in insula Ceylon? 
67. IV!. variabilis Gassies. f 
„ Testa ovato-conica, laevigata, longitudinaliter striatula, 
fusca, vel brunneo-fusca, colore vario praedita; fasciis brunneis, 
luteis ornata; anfractus ultimus ornatu varians; spira brevissima, 
conica, anfractibus 8 — 9, ultimo 3 / 4 longitudinis aequante, su- 
perioribus liratis, apice acuminatis, sutura impressa; apertura 
angusta, basi rotundato-obliqua, intus lutea vel violacea; plicis 5; 
4 parietales, 1 major ad medium, 2 minores ad apicem et ad 
basin, 1 columellaris, ascendens; peristoma brunneum vel viola- 
ceum, simplex, intus denticulis irregularibus 5 — 7 munitum, 
album. — Diam. 6, altit. 10 mill.; apert. 5 longa, 3 lata.“ (G.) 
Melampus variabilis Gass. Faun. Nouv. Caled. 1863. p. 65. t. 6. f. 8. 
Habitat in Nova Caledonia (Raynal). 
